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As we say goodbye to 2012 and get ready for the 2013 wedding season, it's time to look back at the Northwest Indiana weddings of the past year. I have to start off with the New Years Eve wedding of Jessica and Alan at the Bethel Church in Crown Point. It's an anniversary date they will never forget!!
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My next winter wedding took place in Laporte, Indiana at the spectacular The Allure Ballroom. This image is our bride Heather checking her self in the mirror of the bridal suite. I love the texture of the brick walls inside this historic building...
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As we headed into Spring, we had some warm spells with the Chicago area weather and Stacey and Steve's Catholic wedding at St. John the Evangelist Church. We were able to take some outdoor wedding photos overlooking the Shrine of Christ's Passion on Rt. 41 in St. John, Indiana.
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During this warm Spring of 2012 many engagement photos were taken in the Northwest Indiana area as well as our most popular engagement package - The Chicago Sessions. I'm going to save that for another wedding journal post on another day. I want you to get through this one before 2013 arrives!! :)
Natalie and Greg live on the East coast, but the bride gew up here in Chesterton. Her wedding ceremony took place in Michigan City at the grand St. Stanislaus Kostka Church. I'm still breathing hard from climbing up those stairs for this balcony photo!!
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Ryan and Sara were married in Portage and we did many of their formal photos at the Portage River Walk beach area. Once again, the weather gods treated us good...
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Michele and Nick were married at St. Ann's Church in Lansing, Illinois. We had done their engagement photos a few month earlier so we were good buddies by the time the wedding came around. The wedding party gathering around the golf carts was taken at a very popular area these days - Centennial Park in Munster. I've already got a couple of 2013 weddings booked here already as well folks just wanting photos done at this gorgeous park.
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Candy and Chris did what I call a wedding photo shoot out. I met them at the Hobart Lakefront for a first look. We then spent the entire afternoon creating fun and unique wedding photos at various venues until we landed at their ceremony and reception site - Avalon Manor.
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Friendship Garden in Portage, Indiana was the venue for Colie and David's outdoor wedding. It was very hot as summer had arrived. We got our first rain of the wedding season, but managed to escape from the ceremony and the formals afterwards by a few seconds of the torrential downpour. Power was out all over Northwest Indiana that night, but their reception was not affected.
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The military wedding of Nathan and Nichole at Wicker Park Social Center was a wonderful affair. Nichole had contacted me a year earlier from Colorado and she booked me just from a phone conversation and the images on this site. I want to thank her for that confidence she had in my skills. Here's a few from her epic wedding...
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Dewey Cannon Winery in Three Oaks, Michigan is a very cool venue for a summer wedding. You get ready in the two upstairs rooms - for groomsmen and brides + bridsemaids alike and then get wisked off to Willow Harbor Wine Vineyard for the outdoor ceremony. I had already had experience shooting there when I photographed Mat and Kelly's big day...
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Kathy and Larry had a Big Fat Greek Wedding at St. Demetrios Church in Hammond, Indiana. We did formal wedding photos inside the old church and stopped at Centennial Park on our way to Andorra Banquet Hall for the reception.
Up next was an Indian wedding at Radisson Hotel and then onto Kari and Greg's beach wedding photos in and around Marquette Park Pavilion...
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Some people take a limo to the reception hall, but this family went with horse and carriage right over I-65!!
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Emily and John had a wonderful heartland wedding in Wolcott, Indiana and then it was time for me to head home for the nuptials of Dustin and Jenny at Our Lady of Grace Church.
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Ogden Garden in Valparaiso is a popular summer wedding destination. Maureen and Brett got married outside at the famous gazebo. Their ceremony was filled with humor and emotion...
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It was time for another stop at Centennial Park with Kelley and Marcus. Their ceremony took place in Gary with formals and reception at the clubhouse in Munster.
I will never forget David and Jessica's wedding because of their willingness to take such unique and fun wedding photos. Here's one of my favorites taken behind Avalon Manor where their ceremony and reception took place.
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27 Entertainment brought the atmosphere and the sounds for this epic first dance photo inside one of the ballrooms of Avalon Manor.
The Halls of St. George was the site for Dan and Abra's Fall wedding. We got hit by some rain, but had a ball inside with lots of laughs between the bride and groom...
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I said I would not post any of my other photography in this post, but I can't resist at least one image from my Trash the Dress session with Michele. I also want to publicy commend her for doing such a great job. I knew she was nervous about it, but in the end she said it was the most fun she had throughout the whole wedding process. I hope to see more brides in 2013 try out this unique photo oportunity. I know it's not for everybody, but for the person it is for - you know it, so let's book that session!!
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Have a Happy New Year everybody. See you for the 2013 wedding season.
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